Canadian Association of American Studies (CAAS)Annual Conference 2008August 13-16Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. Johnâ€™s, NL.

AMERICAN LEGACIES**Deadline for Proposals: April 20, 2008**

CAAS invites paper proposals for its annual conference, which will beheld in St. Johnâ€™s, at Memorial University of Newfoundland August 13-16.Please send 500 word proposals to: CAAS 2008 Committee, c/o Michael Epp(michaelepp_at_trentu.ca). Please include with proposals your name, academicaffiliation, email address and any AV requirements your paper will have.

CAAS also encourages panel proposals of three or more papers. Anyoneinterested in proposing a panel topic can contact Michael Epp orChristopher Lockett (clockett_at_mun.ca) with questions.

Mere months after this conference, Americans will be electing a newgovernment after eight years of George W. Bushâ€™s administration.Political commentators of all ideological stripes have for some time nowbeen addressing the vexed question of this administrationâ€™s legacy: howwill the often dramatic and occasionally shocking policies enacted byGeorge W. Bush et al resonate in the years to come, both domestically andinternationally?

This conferenceâ€™s theme addresses the question of such â€œlegaciesâ€ morebroadly and the footprint that the United States has left at points inits past, both on itself and the world. Suggested topics include, but arenot limited to:

In addition to the conferenceâ€™s major theme, we will also be organizing aseries of special sessions around the topic of â€œNewfoundland and theAmericas.â€

CAAS 2008 Special Sessions:NEWFOUNDLAND AND THE AMERICAS**Deadline for Proposals: April 20, 2008**

The Canadian Association of American Studies is pleased to announce itsfirst-ever annual conference held in Newfoundland. In recognition ofthis, we invite paper proposals for a series of special sessionson â€œNewfoundland and the Americas.â€

The last province to join Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland has alwayshad an ambivalent and often vexed relationship both to Canada and to theAmericas more broadly. It was however one of the earliest settlements inNorth America, with its massive resources of cod from the Grand Banksplaying a vital role in colonial trade routes with the Caribbean andEurope, the legacies of which can still be seen today.

As our over-arching theme for this conference is â€œAmerican Legacies,â€ itseems appropriate to explore the legacies of the Americas inNewfoundland, and vice versa. Suggested topics include, but are notlimited to:

Newfoundland diasporasThe legacy of the rum tradeHow cod changed the worldAmericans in NewfoundlandAmerican fictions of NewfoundlandNewfoundland Fictions of AmericaThe American military and NewfoundlandThe Newfoundland sublimeThe Caribbean connectionNewfoundland in New York